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03 August 2005

Brandy, you're a fine girl. Does anyone have an mp3 of "Brandy", by Looking Glass that they can email me? It's one of my favorite songs, and I really want to hear it right now.

I can reciprocate with Terry Stafford's "Pocket Full of Rainbows" or "Suspicion", if you want.

post by: interrobang at: 23:40 | 12 comments

sorry

posted by amberglow 03 August | 23:57

*frown*

posted by interrobang 03 August | 23:58

I love that song, too. Poor Brandy. But at least the sailor was honest with her.

posted by jrossi4r 04 August | 00:05

Interrobang, on its way. I do want Terry Stafford mp3s though... I didn't even know he also did 'Pocket Full of Rainbows;.

posted by bdave 04 August | 00:24

Now I MAY happen to have a copy that I got from a friend of a friend who knows someone who once went to school with the second cousin of the lead singer's neighbor...

Because, you know. Downloading and sharing isn't legal but if it were a GIFT from someone so CLOSE to the source...

I think you know what I'm sayin'.

posted by jkirlin 04 August | 00:25

Looking Glass---Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)
Words and Music by Elliot Lurie

(dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda)

There's a port on a western bay
And it serves a hundred ships a day
Lonely sailors pass the time away
And talk about their homes

And there's a girl in this harbor town
And she works layin' whiskey down
They say "Brandy, fetch another round"
She serves them whiskey and wine

The sailors say "Brandy, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
"What a good wife you would be" (such a fine girl)
"Yeah your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea"
(dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)

Brandy wears a braided chain
Made of finest silver from the North of Spain
A locket that bears the name
Of the man that Brandy loves

He came on a summer's day
Bringin' gifts from far away
But he made it clear he couldn't stay
No harbor was his home

The sailor said " Brandy, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
"What a good wife you would be" (such a fine girl)
"But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea"
(dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)

Yeah, Brandy used to watch his eyes
When he told his sailor stories
She could feel the ocean foam rise
She saw its ragin' glory
But he had always told the truth, lord, he was an honest man
And Brandy does her best to understand
(dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)

At night when the bars close down
Brandy walks through a silent town
And loves a man who's not around
She still can hear him say

She hears him say " Brandy, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
"What a good wife you would be" (such a fine girl)
"But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea"
(dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)

"Brandy, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
FADE

"What a good wife you would be" (such a fine girl)
"But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea"

Featured on the soundtrack to 'Charlie's Angels'??? WTF?

posted by bdave 04 August | 00:30

this makes me cry on the inside

posted by greasy_skillet 04 August | 01:20

Story of my life.

posted by Hugh Janus 04 August | 09:05

Hugh-I'm coming back for you some day, when the sea no longer does it for me.

posted by omiewise 04 August | 11:25

In 1973 we named our dog after that song.

posted by JanetLand 04 August | 13:05

Many thanks to bdave!

posted by interrobang 04 August | 18:37

WORST.SONG.EVAR.

Or right after My Green Tambourine in the line up therefor. Also, reason #81-Q as to why not to miss Top 40 radio as a format.

posted by y2karl 05 August | 19:27

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